my turn

.... to rave and rave and rave about the dark knight.

Alright, so I'm a sucker for the antithesis of your superhero stereotypes. And for me, my idol is still Batman. After all, he's rich, he's got the brains, he's got the guts, he's got the skills, he's got the gadgets (and oh how I would *kill* for them) and he's got the obsession. Not to mention he's got the coolest butler ever! Alfred! =)

The script was very well written. It didn't need Heath Ledger's death for it to be famous; it was the sheer colour of the script that turned the Joker into what he was, that portrayed the characters for what they really were.

I absolutely loved how everything played out nicely - especially all the mind games the Joker played on EVERYONE. In a way, he did prove his point, but despite the unnerving odds, Gotham showed a glimmer of hope. So despite the fact that it was extremely depressing to some, I think it's important that this point gets through, and so I found it rather inspirational, in fact. Inspirational in the sense that not only does every single person have a slightest bit of good in them, but also inspires us to think of the crap society really is behind all the curtains, and the fact we can do something about it. In the end, we still make the choices.

Joker may have been a totally insane, random and of course violent, but he was also a genius in his own right. The fact that his sequence of actions made no sense made Gotham an exciting place to be, and he was just bringing out the survival instincts of every human. On one end, it had everyone working together, unanimously agreeing on the 'right' choice of action. On the other end, it had everyone bringing out the worst in each other to the extent that they would be willing to kill each other to survive. To me, he proved his point really well. He just did it for fun, and I like to think that I understand the reasoning behind it. My favourites, personally was his ideals behind the knife and the different ways he played his game with no rules. And his laugh, oh his laugh.

"You wanna know why I use a knife? Those guns are too quick, you can't savour their last moments. People show what they really are during the last moments before death. So I can say that I knew your friends much better than you did. " -Joker

Batman is an unconventional hero. He's hated by the many, but accepted by the wider audience. His obsession, his duty that he undertook on his own accord is truly 'noble' for those who know nothing of the reasoning behind his existence. I don't think he really wanted to protect the people per se, but they got in the way and he really couldn't drag all these other people who had nothing to do with his personal vendetta. So in a sense, his hero-work is just getting 'obstacles' out of the way. And since I didn't really follow the comic I don't know who the real perpetrator of the deaths of his parents. I don't think they ever gave conclusive evidence, and I'll leave it at that. That way, he's got more chances to learn more of himself and his boundaries.

The gadgetry was quite impressive although it would be nice if they showed more, I always love the gadgets that come with Batman. The boat, the plane, the car, the bike, the many ninja things he keeps on him... More I say, more! =D
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I can only wish there were more movies of this calibre.
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I really thought I was seeing things when I saw Edison Chen when they were filming that Hong Kong bit. It wasn't until aichan was saying, "Where, where!" that I knew I wasn't seeing things. Amusing, but useless~

Morgan Freeman is a legend in his own right. Love his manner of speech.

"So you're telling me that although you have an idea of who this person is, who owns this enterprise, and who goes out in the night fighting for Gotham - all you want to do is blackmail him? Well I wish you good luck." -Lucius

Now ain't that classic?

(ha-ha of course I don't remember the actual lines, but the meaning was somewhere along there lah.)